14-letter words containing d, e, m, a, n, i
- maiden's-tears — bladder campion.
- make a dent in — a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- malapportioned — (of a state or other political unit) poorly apportioned, especially divided, organized, or structured in a manner that prevents large sections of a population from having equitable representation in a legislative body.
- male-dominated — with men in control
- man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
- man-made fibre — a type of fibre that is made artificially, such as polyester or rayon, rather than occurring naturally, like cotton or wool
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- manic disorder — a type of affective disorder characterized by euphoric mood, excessive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symptoms, as grandiose delusions.
- marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
- maternity ward — hospital room for new mothers
- matter in deed — a fact or statement that can be proved or established by a deed or specialty.
- meadow parsnip — any North American plant belonging to the genus Thaspium, of the parsley family, having yellow or purple flowers.
- mean deviation — a measure of dispersion, computed by taking the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of the deviations of the functional values from some central value, usually the mean or median.
- meat and drink — a source of pleasure
- medial moraine — a ridge of glacial drift formed by the junction of two converging valley glaciers.
- mediastinotomy — (surgery) incision of the mediastinum.
- medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
- medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
- medicamentally — in a manner that relates to medicaments
- medicine dance — a ritual dance performed by some North American Indians to invoke supernatural assistance as for driving out disease.
- medicine woman — (among North American Indians and some other aboriginal peoples) a woman believed to possess magical or supernatural powers; a female shaman.
- medieval latin — the Latin language of the literature of the Middle Ages, usually dated a.d. 700 to 1500, including many Latinized words from other languages. Abbreviation: ML, M.L.
- meditativeness — The quality of being meditative.
- mefenamic acid — a white powder, C 1 5 H 1 5 NO 2 , used as a mild analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic in certain types of arthritis and for the relief of moderate short-term pain due to dysmenorrhea.
- melamine-faced — having a thin melamine layer on one or more faces
- mendaciousness — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- mental disease — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
- merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
- merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
- meridian angle — the angle, measured eastward or westward through 180°, between the celestial meridian of an observer and the hour circle of a celestial body.
- mermaid tavern — an inn formerly located on Bread Street, Cheapside, in the heart of old London: a meeting place and informal club for Elizabethan playwrights and poets.
- merritt island — a town in E Florida.
- metanephridium — (anatomy) A vasiform excretory gland observed in invertebrates, such as annelids, arthropods and molluscs.
- methanoic acid — systematic name for formic acid
- methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
- metric madness — excessive devotion to metrication
- michael jordan — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- middle eastern — Also called Mideast. (loosely) the area from Libya E to Afghanistan, usually including Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the other countries of the Arabian peninsula.
- middle england — Journalists use Middle England to refer to middle class people in England who are believed not to like change.
- middle iranian — any of the Iranian languages spoken from about the first to the tenth centuries a.d., as Middle Persian.
- middle persian — the Persian language at a stage that begins c300 b.c. and includes Pahlavi (attested from the 3rd to the 7th centuries a.d.) as well as the West Iranian literatures (3rd–10th centuries a.d.) of religions carried outside Persia. Abbreviation: MPers.
- middle-ranking — A middle-ranking person has a fairly important or responsible position in a particular organization, but is not one of the most important people in it.
- midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
- milk and water — If you think that someone's suggestions or ideas are weak or sentimental, you can say that they are milk and water.
- milk-and-water — ineffective; wishy-washy; lacking will or strength.
- mind-expanding — heightening perceptions in a hallucinatory way: mind-expanding drugs.
- mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadvisedness — the state of being ill-advised or misguided
- misapprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of misapprehend.